Countdown to Christmas 2022: The January sales edition (AKA, 'Where the bloody hell have I put that?' come next Christmas!) Thread 1

[ThatsMySantaHisBeardIsSoFluffy]

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Here we go, roll up, roll up!

I can barely move; I'm full of cheese and Bailey's. 🐷

Here's our new thread for the new countdown! 🎄🎅🏻🎄🎅🏻

My PCR is positive ......
In a way I'm relieved , I've woken with a headache the past couple of mornings and has a cough . So I have an answer for that .
But I cannot go shopping for food for New Year , I'll need to send DD ( hoping that she hasn't got it )
So DH , DS and I are all isolating .
Merry Christmas

Sorry to hear that 70. Did you do an lft? Ours are all negative apart from ds so awaiting his PCR (and mine because if his is positive I have to have one for work anyway and the test centre is 15 miles away so I just did one anyway). Can you get a food delivery or would you not want to?

Oh no, 70 (in a way!). Can you do a lick and collect, or get a delivery? Does DD drive?

Is DH released soon (LFT permitting)?

Click and collect, obvs!

Fluffy I'm not sure they allow licking for Covid households

@WreckTangled

Fluffy I'm not sure they allow licking for Covid households

Oh no 70! hope you're not too unwell.

The weather is awful here, it hasn't stopped raining since Christmas Eve, which is quite depressing 😕. DH is back to work tomorrow, DD and I will probably spend the day pottering about the house, and I might start planning Christmas 2022

Wreck I was doing the LFT till I ran out ( they are like Hens Teeth round here but have some arriving on Wed)
My PCR on the 20th was negitive (as was DS)
Then DS tested + on LFT and I took him for a PCR on 24th .
I should've booked one for me but I didn't have symtoms till later ( loss /change taste was first )
I looked online but there was only the 25th ( didn't really want to do that) , got DH and I booked 26th .
So we'll still need to do the LFT when we get them. (And I need DD to do LFT)

I can send DH out , his isolation ends soon ,

Im the only driver so it;s either DH carries things or a C&C

I think we have enough food n the freezer , just need some Alpro .

No licking , just sneezing a coughing

I did say to DS I shared the car space with you twice to the test centre, it's you isn't it ?
He says More likely Dad

I haven't has a late December London shop since 2018 ! I feel deprived .
2021/2020 restriction, 2019 I was unwell .
Used to go on the 23rd with DD
Tiniest Violin here

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Morning. Awake early again...I bloody hate my body with its persistent early wake ups. Sigh.

Blood donation attempt 2 today, and then onto Sainsbury's for a small top up. Had to cancel my delivery as I couldn't get up to the minimum spend requirement!

I just got woken up by our PCR results coming through. I'm negative but ds is positive. We would have had no idea if we hadn't done the lft. Now I need to cancel dds hospital appointment on Thursday and won't be able to go to the gym (haven't been for ages!). I know legally I can but it doesn't sit right with me.

Morning.
Quiet here, and still quite dark - same as yesterday.
fluffy it could be your age? I started waking a lot earlier (3 or 4 am) about 4yrs ago. Sometimes I'm still in bed at 5 now, but not that often.
I intentionally got up early to listen to the Cricket this morning...but not early enough, as it was all over in an hour and a half.🤦‍♀️ I suspect some of our test side have allergies to both leather and willow.

Yes, it likely is, Puss. I go through phases of waking early and have done for a year or so. I don't even sleep later if I've gone to bed later, like last night, which is very irritating indeed!

Sounds like our cricket team has reverted to type. That's why it's so exciting when they actually do well!

I now have a pint less blood in my body (almost an armful!). Thankfully I wasn't cancelled today.

I then went to Sainsbury's and was disappointed not to find any reduced Christmas bits. I'll look elsewhere at the weekend!

Hope everyone who tested positive is feeling ok still!

I've just sat and demolished a considerable amount of cheese, crackers and chutney after a lovely day. We went to the beach with some friends - 6 adults, 2 children and 4 dogs. It was really nice to get some sea air and really stretch my legs (and we missed the rain by a few minutes)

Good going Fluffy (my DS and DH are donors , ) the poorly arm should get you sympathy for days

Did they have nice biscuits as it's Christmas ?

No, just the usual ones I only go for the Orange Club and brief lie down! The plaster was stuck on a bit weird, mind you, as it hurt when I bent my arm. It's off now though.

I'm back working tomorrow and dreading it! I'll start with my emails first and go from there...hopefully it's been quiet!

70, how are you feeling? Did you sort a food delivery / collection (with no licking!)?

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Morning!

I need to get up really...work beckons. Booooo!

Have to see what horrors have appeared in my in box, haha!

Morning I am on a late shift but three have called in sick so will try and get in earlier. This could be interesting 🤣

Went to see my daughters new house yesterday it is lovely, such a great feel to it.

That feeling is great, Christmas! At least they're finally able to move in. It's just a shame her conveyancer was so utterly shite!

Not good re the sickness at work. 'Fun' is definitely in store!

Morning. I'm back to work today too but my lft is positive. Dd feels unwell but hers in negative so will book PCR's for us. DH is still in bed so will see what his says. It's annoying the test centre is so far away, we can't afford to wait for postal ones.

She has taught herself to polyfilla cracks via you tube Fluffy. She is calling herself the polyfilla Queen 🤣 to be fair she is very good at it.

Ah Wreck sounds like you all have the lurgy.

Dds temperature is almost 39 so I'd be surprised if she didn't have it. I feel fine for now.

Oh bloody hell, Wreck! Are you WFH anyway? Do you not work time time only anymore?

Nope haven't worked term time since September. And there's no PCR tests available. Ffs. I'm wfh so that's ok

Shit! Are there postal ones you can order while you're waiting for others to come up?